CVE-2014-2875

The session.lua library in CGILua 5.2 alpha 1 and 5.2 alpha 2 uses weak session IDs generated based on OS time, which allows remote attackers to hijack arbitrary sessions via a brute force attack. NOTE: CVE-2014-10399 and CVE-2014-10400 were SPLIT from this ID.

Published: 2020-02-06 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-2875 is rated Moderate Risk (48.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.57%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-2875

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-30 0.46% 0.57% +0.12%
2 2026-04-22 0.57% 0.46% -0.12%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.57% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-2875

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.1 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 2.7 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-2875

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-2875

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2014-2875 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (lua-cgi), 3 status rows across 3 suites (bookworm, bullseye, trixie): open 3. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-2875

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-2875

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
keplerproject cgilua >= 5.0.0, <= 5.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:keplerproject:cgilua:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
keplerproject cgilua >= 5.1.0, <= 5.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:keplerproject:cgilua:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
keplerproject cgilua 5.2 cpe:2.3:a:keplerproject:cgilua:5.2:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*
keplerproject cgilua 5.2 cpe:2.3:a:keplerproject:cgilua:5.2:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-2875

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